How do I uninstall this crap

[leftred]

It is the most invasive program that I have ever loaded
and I want to unistall it. BUT, I can't find any way to
do that. How can I uninstall it, PLEASE?

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Go to Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel
Double click "Microsoft AntiSpyware"
Follow prompts to uninstall.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

It'd be nice to have some clear statement of what you mean by "most invasive
program." If you are getting massive numbers of prompts from the program,
could it be because of spyware in place?

If you don't see the option in add or remove programs in control panel, the
program installation hasn't completed properly.

I'd advise first attempting to reinstall from scratch.

(I know that seems contradictory--but you won't get an uninstall choice
until the install completes properly.)

If that doesn't yield an uninstall, or if the install won't proceed, you
should be able to use the Windows Installer cleanup utility to remove the
installer entries that are preventing you from proceeding, and then install
again and uninstall.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301

 

[Pondering]

-----Original Message-----
It is the most invasive program that I have ever loaded
and I want to unistall it. BUT, I can't find any way to
do that. How can I uninstall it, PLEASE?

Go into My Computer, then into "Systems Tasks", "Add or
Remove Programs"

Go down the list to Microsoft Anti-Spyware.
Click "Remove". It will then uninstall.

I just removed my Microsoft Anti-Spyware, too. I agree
it is a piece of crap. I had it for over a week, and
during that time I ran it 12 times, each time it
registered "Zero", telling me it had no spyware
detected. I immediately ran my Ad-aware anti-spyware
program to test this Microsoft Anti-spyware and my Ad-
aware always found from 8-20 critical data. So the
Microsoft Anti-spyware doesn't work!

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Did you use the appropriate tools such as the "Suspected spyware report" to
identify possible problems to Microsoft?

Do not count cookies since this does not detect cookies at this time.

You also need to remember this is a Beta and as such should not replace
anything.

 

[John]

What do you mean by invasive? Are we talking about the same program? This
a very typical example of a scan and detect program.

How do you normally uninstall a program?

Thanks!

 

[Brad Copan]

How can a program that protects your personal information
not be invasive? If you think this is invasive what do
you think that all the spyware that you leave on your
computer by not running this are? Not invasive?

 

[A McGuire]

Some people just don't get it... ;-)

 

[John]

Did you mean to respond to leftred?

How can a program that protects your personal information
not be invasive? If you think this is invasive what do
you think that all the spyware that you leave on your
computer by not running this are? Not invasive?

 

[Bill Sanderson]

There are genuine bugs in the installer routine, which can result in the
apparent presence of the program, but no uninstallation references offered.

 

[Observer]

Pondering said

detected. I immediately ran my Ad-aware anti-spyware
program to test this Microsoft Anti-spyware and my Ad-
aware always found from 8-20 critical data. So the
Microsoft Anti-spyware doesn't work!

The MS Anti-spyware doesn't do anything about tracking
cookies, but it is better than AdAware at finding and
removing malware. [Source:
http://windowssecrets.com/050127/#story1]

AdAware does find tracking cookies and (rather
hysterically in my opinion) calls them 'critical'. They
are not life-(of your PC)-threatening, but are
excessively intrusive. They probably break European laws
on Data Protection and Computer Misuse.

So I think you are certainly going to need to run both -
I know I do. I suspect that you may have to do so
indefinitely since I can predict that the big marketing
companies like RedSheriff, Fastclick and others would sue
Ms into the ground for restraint of trade, whereas they
would be less likely to be successfull against AdAware
since European/German law would apply.

 

[Pissed]

Make sure the account you are using has admin rights, if
it doesn't then you will not see the Remove button.

Best advice of all is DO NOT install this s**t software
under ANY cirumstances. My XP Home install was problem
free for several years, and now my drive partitions are
not even recognized.

After installing and finding a couple of threats (search
assistant and a couple of other browser "threats") the PC
was dragged to its knees. Shutting down or starting up
went from virtually instantaneous to taking three minutes.

Then it started identifying Microsoft processes as
threats, which I guess is totally accurate. I uninstalled
it, then came the regsv.exe (or regsvc.exe, can't really
recall) error. I rolled my registry back one day, then
the BSOD. Put in the XP CD to attempt a repair, and my
partitions aren't there.

DO NOT INSTALL THIS STEAMING PILE OF S**T.

 

[John]

Are you running a HUGE hard disk and using special drivers in order to
create and access partitions? There would be no reason why your partitions
would disappear jsut because of MSAS. It sounds like a virus or two were
living happily on your machine until MSAS uncovered their hiding place and
are now punishing you OR you machine is owned by a hacker who is now wreking
your machine. I doubt that MSAS had anything to do with it BUT the error
log and any other logs created by MSAS on your machine should be forwarded
to MS just in case.

 

[J. Kenney]

-----Original Message-----
It is the most invasive program that I have ever loaded
and I want to unistall it. BUT, I can't find any way to
do that. How can I uninstall it, PLEASE?
.

I uninstalled it by clicking START, then HELP AND SUPPORT,
and select "Undo changes to your computer with System
Restore" under the Pick a Task heading. Fortunately I had
the automatic restore point creation feature on and had
created a restore point before installing the crap.

 

[Bullwinkle. J. Moose]

It's a beta uninstall it and move on.

Make sure the account you are using has admin rights, if
it doesn't then you will not see the Remove button.

Best advice of all is DO NOT install this s**t software
under ANY cirumstances. My XP Home install was problem
free for several years, and now my drive partitions are
not even recognized.

After installing and finding a couple of threats (search
assistant and a couple of other browser "threats") the PC
was dragged to its knees. Shutting down or starting up
went from virtually instantaneous to taking three minutes.

Then it started identifying Microsoft processes as
threats, which I guess is totally accurate. I uninstalled
it, then came the regsv.exe (or regsvc.exe, can't really
recall) error. I rolled my registry back one day, then
the BSOD. Put in the XP CD to attempt a repair, and my
partitions aren't there.

DO NOT INSTALL THIS STEAMING PILE OF S**T.

 

[Bullwinkle. J. Moose]

Use the add/remove module in windows XP.

Good luck.

 

[J. Kenney]

-----Original Message-----
Use the add/remove module in windows XP.

Good luck.

I used system restore because it undid any changes
Anti-Spyware made and removed the program. Just removing
the program would have still left me with other
non-functioning programs and changed personal settings. It
should also work for an incomplete install.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Some changes may be spyware related.
Hopefully you are routinely running something to get rid of spyware.
The fact it was broken and now it works does not in itself prove Microsoft
AntiSpyware broke it.
This is one example:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892350

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/


I used system restore because it undid any
changes